Cunningham Park, Queens - Pics - Heavy Page!

[Dirty Maestro]

Whats up Fellas =)

Here's some pics of what we've been building in Queens. We have to get permission for everything we do so it's all legit/legal.

This is a free Public park so we have to make things safe and on the easy side for now.

Some images are kinda large. Scroll sideways...

Contents:
1) Jump N Pump
2) Singletrack work(drops, jumps, berms, treerides)
3) Racetrack



Dirt Jump N Pump Section

http://sparetyme.com/images/cunny/trailwork26.jpg

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http://sparetyme.com/images/cunny/Cunny3.jpg

http://sparetyme.com/images/cunny/Cunny7.jpg

http://sparetyme.com/images/Cunny/LB32.jpg

http://sparetyme.com/images/Cunny/MTBer6.jpg

http://sparetyme.com/images/Cunny/tim33.jpg

http://sparetyme.com/images/Cunny/tim37.jpg



Singletrack work

http://sparetyme.com/images/cunny/trailwork7.jpg

http://sparetyme.com/images/cunny/trailwork8.jpg

http://sparetyme.com/images/cunny/trailwork9.jpg

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http://sparetyme.com/images/cunny/trailwork53.jpg

http://get-dirty.net/gallery/albums/album01/LB26.gif

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http://sparetyme.com/images/cunny/trailwork57.jpg

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http://sparetyme.com/images/cunny/trailwork63.jpg

http://sparetyme.com/images/cunny/LB27.gif

http://sparetyme.com/images/cunny/tim35.jpg


2 treerides...
http://sparetyme.com/images/cunny/trailwork82.jpg

treeride vid clips...
http://sparetyme.com/images/Cunny/MVI_1743.AVI

http://sparetyme.com/images/Cunny/MVI_1745.AVI


There's more singletrack stuff around the park.....

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The Racetrack is really shaping up nice!

Use the links for full view.

First Long Straight

http://sparetyme.com/images/Cunny/trailwork98.png

http://sparetyme.com/images/Cunny/trailwork99.gif

http://sparetyme.com/images/cunny/trailwork117.jpg


First Berm!
http://sparetyme.com/images/cunny/trailwork113.jpg

First Berm to short straight...
http://sparetyme.com/images/cunny/trailwork114.jpg

http://sparetyme.com/images/cunny/trailwork115.jpg


Short Straight to second berm....
http://sparetyme.com/images/cunny/trailwork116.jpg


Second Berm to next(second) short straight....
http://sparetyme.com/images/cunny/trailwork118.jpg


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Still have plenty to do...We work on every Thursday from 3pm till dark. If you live in NY area and would like to help. Here's some maps...you can also goto Climbonline.org go to the trail building section of the forum.

Map...
http://get-dirty.net/images/forum/cunninghamMap.jpg

Google Map Link
MAP LINK (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Cunningham+Park,+200-00+73rd+Ave,+New+York,+Queens,+New+York,+United+St ates&ie=UTF8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&hl=en&cd=2&geocode=0,40.736280,-73.772770&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=36.315864,59.765625&ll=40.742884,-73.770812&spn=0.008486,0.014591&z=16&om=1)


:cheers:

[Defenestrated]

this is a good first post :banana:

[HiGhUP]

Nice jumps man. what type of soil is that. any clay? also what machinery did you all use?

[Stoked]

yeah jimmy, welcome to rm.

[aeffertz]

looks so sick!
i would kill to go ride a place like that.
the race track looks crazy fun.

[Dirty Maestro]

Thanks guys =)

We built everything by hand. No heavy equipment...

The dirt in the whole park is basically clay and topsoil. We don't have to import any in, so sweet!


Once we're done with the racetrack. We'll be starting a slopestyle run(jumps, rollers, berms) with optional freeride lines(rocks, drops, logs). We have a huge bowl depression to build in, sick!


Whats up Tim =)

[S4Sean]

This is WELL worth the trip from lower CT.
Ill pm you guys when Im gonna roll through

[demo 9]

great work, its great to see people actually making trails and not just riding-keep up the work hopefully i will see u soon when my arm heals up

[sittingduck]

Great stuff! It's really cool that it's legal and public. Looks like fun.

[opjones]

That looks really good, especially for a public park, nice work!

[Bryan67]

That place looks like fun. Not too crazy either. Perfect for an old guy like myself. Only problem is I live in California.

[iandude94]

looks sick, and why is there a violin in one of the trees in one pic?

[don]

Very nice work guys!

Hopefully I will be able to get up there at some point and sample some of that trail goodness you all created.

It's a very important project as the work looks amazing from the pics and that it was all done legally at a public park.

It will be a great model for other parks to use - hopefully some in NJ will take note and get something going.

If you don't mind I'd like to show this link around to some of the more local NJ sites - maybe it will stir up some excitment for a setup like this down here.

[Mr Tiles]

D-U-D-E!!! soooo goood. thanks for posting this up.

[urbaindk]

Beautiful stuff. If you get a chance could you do a little write-up on how you got it approved? Is the land city, county, state, private. This kind of info could be really helpful for others interested in doing similar projects. Thanks!

Also, what the hell is this and where do I get one? :)

http://sparetyme.com/images/cunny/trailwork57.jpg

[Fool]

The Maestro is here!

[Stoked]

Beautiful stuff. If you get a chance could you do a little write-up on how you got it approved? Is the land city, county, state, private. This kind of info could be really helpful for others interested in doing similar projects. Thanks!

maestro would know more but mike vitti is president of http://www.climbonline.org/
also manning that chainsaw. he's been petitioning local gov for years. he helped get the highbridge project in nyc done too. he's really put the time in attending countless meetings to get this approved.

*side note they actually approved mx bikes initially haha. they didn't understand it was BICYCLES. goes to show how out of touch they were and how mike is a master negotiator!

since cunningham was started, mike got permission to build at a few other places on long island. the problem is we need more man power because things are starting to get backed up. the queens stuff should be done by now.

[v-digit]

:cheers::cheers::cheers:!!!!!

nyc on the rise!

[Dirty Maestro]

Thanks Fellas!

Don,
Link it up! Hopefully you can make it up here soon.

jdschall,
That attachment is called the logwizard. Its basically 3 or 4 planer blades that the chainsaw spins. Setting the blades is very important. To much blade will bite and skip along as you cut. To little of a blade, it'll just sit there not cutting and waste your time.

Their home site seems to be down for some reason...here it is tho...
http://logwizard.com/

You can use google to find a "cached" version of the site.

Here's a link to a place that offers it...
http://www.aloghomestore.com/tools-chainsaw.shtml#Log%20Wizard


I work with Mike Vitti(President of CLIMB). He's the Project Manager/Coordinator and gets all the permission for what we do. He's been going to meetings for years with local parks department establishing a relationship. Not only does he have to convince the parks department but also other local groups that have concerns about the park.

I'm the Technical Trail Director. I handle the design/layout of jumps, drops, berms, rollers and anything beyond "basic" singletrack.

I'll let Mike know about this thread here on Ridemonkey. Maybe he'll chime in...

Here's a link to CLIMB's site...go to the trail building section of the forum. We post updates there and you could ask questions.
http://climbonline.org/


Thanks again for all the good feedback!
Holla!


Peanut Butter, Jelly!.......Peanut Butter, Jelly!
:banana::banana:

[kidwoo]

So cool to see this kind of thing.


Public, legal and in the hands of riders.


Nice work guys!

[aeffertz]

Looks like someone had a little accident...
http://sparetyme.com/images/cunny/tim35.jpg

[CHOP]

Big ups!! That place looks great. Hopefully it will inspire people to do the same thing and use this and High Bridge as a model for future places to ride..

[cobrakillerta]

since cunningham was started, mike got permission to build at a few other places on long island. the problem is we need more man power because things are starting to get backed up.

Awesome! I'm definitely down to help build
Anything further east on the island in Nassau or even Suffolk?

[Stoked]

Awesome! I'm definitely down to help build
Anything further east on the island in Nassau or even Suffolk?

yea kings park area and i think greenport. jimmy (maestro) might have better info.

[Dirty Maestro]

Nothing is set in stone but The V.A Hospital area may allow us to build jumps/tables and a pumptrack. MTB trails have already been sanctioned so we are close.

The Greenport Skatepark has contacted Mike V. and has shown interest in adding jumps to their facilities.

There's other parks that are becoming more open minded toward bikes but we don't have enough help with meetings and building.

Anyone can become a CLIMB member and support what we are doing. You can go to climbonline.org for more info.

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[Dirty Maestro]

Here's what we got done this week...We got a little more done than what the pics show. We worked into the night.



Decided to tweak the first straight a little. Made the 2 small rollers into one big one.

http://sparetyme.com/images/Cunny/trailwork119.jpg



Short Straight to Second Berm
http://sparetyme.com/images/Cunny/trailwork120.jpg

http://sparetyme.com/images/Cunny/trailwork121.jpg


These rollers will lead into 2 berms... One old one that is there now which allow riders to loop the middle section of the track. The other berm will continue the main track to the right. Another 180 berm...
http://sparetyme.com/images/Cunny/trailwork122.jpg


8-)

[newrider3]

Nice work. This is probably the first thread here with jumps that I wouldn't fail epicly on.